RojoThere will be Blood
I believe it is impossible for Daniel Day-Lewis to do bad work. I would love to have him make me a pair of shoes because I feel they would be the most comfortable, stable, understanding, dependable pair of shoes I would ever own. I bet I would be able to wear them with anything to any occasion, why? Because it is impossible for Lewis to do sloppy work, he is the best actor that has ever walked this earth, I know that’s a big statement, but I defy you to find me someone better.
So he’s a great actor why would his shoes be so good? Well I figure they would be so well made because of the effort that Lewis obviously puts into his characters, he must so committed to getting them right, the work he must put in developing them, thinking about the person he is becoming till he would no doubt be a nightmare to live with cause he probable walks around in character while in filming. You can’t miss Day-Lewis when he is on-screen, his presence is so immense it’s scary. He has an all encompassing aura that any polatition would sell their first born for.
There will be Blood is a great film, next to No Country for Old Men this is the best film I seen this year, and Day-Lewis is a big reason for this but PT Anderson deserve massive accolades also. This is a distinctly different PT Anderson film, if you consider Punch Drunk Love, and Boogie Nights, the feel is different, he seems to have more control, more trust in his choice’s, he is a Director growing and he is growing into a well-rounded up standing one at that.
You see the thing is I see so many films, like just too many films, (I average on about 7-10 a week) so in this I see a lot of crap, some good films and a few great ones. Before I watched this I watched 30 Days of Nights, which was gash, I mean it was a pop-corn idea but no love apparent, a film like a paint by numbers picture. There will be blood was a film where the love was apparent, the thought was obvious, the result outstanding. 30 Days could have been really entertaining if more thought was given to it. It really didn’t need Hartnet, Martin Henderson would have been better as the lead but that aside the makers really cocked it up with how they told the story (which was as easy as 3.147), Anderson is not guilty of this because he is a great film-maker, and I bet he is just as dedicated to the process as Day-Lewis is to finding his character.
There will be Blood I recommend, highly. You could wait for DVD as it makes an outstanding one to get out. But do spend the money and see it now, if only to tell others how good it is, but if you have to choose between this and No Country, go the Coen’s.
8.5/10
